Wounded Deer Pond in Chaudière-Appalaches: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Wounded Deer Pond stands in Chaudière-Appalaches, Quebec. The bank is 518 metres above sea level. Surface area runs to about 3 hectares — small enough to read in one session. On size it sits at the modest end of our Chaudière-Appalaches list. Linière is the closest place, 21 km off. Saint-Côme--Linière is 32 km and Saint-Georges 44 km. The nearest boundary is well away, so one set of rules covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Wounded Deer Pond

  No depth figure appears in our records, so the bank has to tell you. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. County-wide records name lake sturgeon, Atlantic sturgeon, longnose sucker and sauger. Several of these carry legal protection or closed seasons; the rulebook comes before the rod. At Wounded Deer Pond the first feature you find is worth twenty minutes.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Average temperature peaks around 17°C in July and bottoms out near -13°C in January. Winter shuts things down for a spell, then spring reopens them fast. Look for the thaw near late April; the fishing lifts straight after. Break-up near late April, freeze-up near late November: that is the shape of an average year. Early summer and early autumn carry the open-water season. Wounded Deer Pond runs to that rhythm year in and year out.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing in our records says who may fish here. No car park, ramp or path is recorded within easy reach of the shore. Walleye come to jigs worked slow near bottom, and to trolled crankbaits along the drops at dusk. Rules differ from one water to the next round here. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. Failing this one, try Dubois Pond, 1.4 km away. Check the position at Wounded Deer Pond before loading the car.